Pandora's Box back home

It's been too long since I've taken the time to talk about how the Tea Party wants to destroy America.  Important things have been going on all over the world, so I haven't had time to focus on silliness at home.

But lately some Tea Party related insipidness has come to my attention.  First of all, Ron Paul and Michelle Bachman had some valuable insight on the field of education.  Ron Paul - who is at least intelligent enough to have a world view even if it's an outrageous one - told crowds at a rally that the government wants "absolute control" over the "indoctrination" of American children.  I really don't even know what to say about that.  Only in the world of Ron Paul is that really a possibility.  It gets better, according to Paul, schools teach our children about, "family values, sexual education, gun rights, environmentalism...so much which is totally un-American."  Whoa, easy Ron.  Last time I checked nothing was more American than family values and gun rights.  Environmentalism - unfortunately - doesn't seem to be very American, at least not as far as the Tea Party is concerned.

Meanwhile, Bachmann, America's national ditz du jour, had this to say about home schooling, "it's about knowing our children better than the state knows our children."  That's all well and good Michelle, but it's also about you knowing physics, chemistry, history, english, algebra and calculus better than the state, not to mention foreign languages, arts and music and physical education.  Given the spew I've heard from Michelle Bachmann, I don't think she understands anything better than anyone, so home schooling probably isn't the best route for her kids - all of whom were home schooled...gulp.

American education does need to be reformed, in some cases drastically. However, Michelle Bachmman and Ron Paul need to stay as far away from that endeavor as possible.

As usual, the Tea Party only gets sillier, never more sensible.  It seems as though many in the Tea Party have started turning their backs on the Republican establishment, viewing them as compromisers.  Recently, Tea Party Express founder Judson Phillips was quoted as saying that Charlie Sheen is making more sense that John Boehner.  I've got little love for John Boehner, but at least Boehner - it seems - realizes that massive budget cuts and a government shutdown would be toxic to the American economy. Judson Phillips is among a small handful of people who just doesn't get that.  Said Phillips, "What is worse: a government shutdown or an economic collapse?"  Well Judson, since a government shutdown would probably lead to an economic collapse, I'd say we should be doing everything in our power to avoid such a shutdown.  Of course you and your ilk don't get that, so you're doing everything in your power to lead America back into regression.  


I've said before, and I stand by the notion, that the Tea Party will fade away as the economy recovers.  But like most viruses, the Tea Party is finding a way to prolong its life.  Tea Party politicians are doing their best to hamper America's economic recovery, thus paving the way for more Tea Party politicians.  It's a vicious cycle.  While they're at it, they're floating ideas like public schools being indoctrination centers for America's children, and that we should return to the gold standard, oh and that the new healthcare law will lead to death panels.  These are the kinds of things the Tea Party has to say.


So while the President and Congress worry about civil rights and national security in the Middle East and compromising on a budget that will invest sensibly now and cut sensibly in the future, the Tea Party will continue to live in it's own little world, where taking all the wrongs steps is the right thing to do.  Fear not America, they learned it at home, because, you know, all of us who went to school were "indoctrinated" with sense.